IPMI SEL for system reboot on FWA-6520 Series

Caution:

This article targets for FWA-6520 products which its BMC is AMI core based. 

Purpose:

Users can refer to the SEL outputs to investigate the reboot behaviors that occurred on this machine.

Target Audience:

For users who are using Advantech FWA-6520 Series products. 

Prerequisites:

1- Make sure the BMC can be approached through remote or local

2- Any external operation should be also included for SEL analysis (e.g. anyone pressed power button, or any commands to reset the system)

Procedures:

Reference SEL output from difference scenarios.

Press PWR BTN OFF --> ON

1 | 01/01/2005 | 00:02:51 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Asserted 
2 | 01/01/2005 | 00:02:59 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Deasserted 
3 | 01/01/2005 | 00:03:19 | System Event | Timestamp Clock Sync | Asserted 
4 | 01/01/2005 | 00:03:19 | System Event SystemEvent | Timestamp Clock Sync | Asserted 
5 | 09/06/2022 | 06:45:33 | System Event SystemEvent | Timestamp Clock Sync | Asserted 
6 | 09/06/2022 | 06:45:33 | System Event | Timestamp Clock Sync | Asserted

Through IPMItool Over LAN (IOL) power OFF

1 | 03/05/2020 | 11:40:01 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Asserted

Through IPMItool Over LAN (IOL) power ON

1 | 03/05/2020 | 11:40:01 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Asserted
2 | 03/05/2020 | 11:40:14 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Deasserted

Through IPMItool Over LAN (IOL) power CYCLE

1 | 09/11/2022 | 01:59:22 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Asserted
2 | 09/11/2022 | 01:59:31 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Deasserted

OS soft reboot "cmd = reboot"

# ipmitool sel elist 
SEL has no entries

OS run "poweroff" command and then Press button to power ON

1 | 09/11/2022 | 01:59:22 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Asserted
2 | 09/11/2022 | 01:59:31 | Power Unit PU_Status | Power off/down | Deasserted